A61F 2/4261
For wrists
Official title: {for wrists}
A61F2/4261 (For wrists) appears on 320 US grants and 350 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 320
- Published applications
- 350
- Assignees
- 159
- Inventors
- 570
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 10 |
| 2003 | 8 | 10 |
| 2004 | 13 | 19 |
| 2005 | 4 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 19 |
| 2007 | 3 | 21 |
| 2008 | 1 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 16 |
| 2010 | 11 | 19 |
| 2011 | 11 | 13 |
| 2012 | 15 | 16 |
| 2013 | 13 | 16 |
| 2014 | 17 | 28 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 |
| 2018 | 11 | 13 |
| 2019 | 14 | 13 |
| 2020 | 11 | 19 |
| 2021 | 13 | 15 |
| 2022 | 8 | 15 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9 |
| 2026 | 7 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Implant for fusing at least two bone components and method of fusing bone components using the implant29 Sep 2026US 12,746,126 B2TriMed, Inc.
- Expansible intervertebral implant15 Sep 2026US 12,734,043 B2Highridge Medical, LLC
- Orthopaedic implant system for compression-distraction of joints11 Aug 2026US 12,702,457 B2Pace Surgical, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for joint replacement arthroplasty19 May 2026US 12,629,259 B2Fibioseq Medical Ltd.
- Suturing procedure10 Mar 2026US 12,569,239 B1Loci Orthopaedics Limited
- Method and apparatus for joint replacement arthroplasty10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263231 A1Fibioseq Medical Ltd.
- Conversion of joint implants3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256595 A1Loci Orthopaedics Limited
- Replacement arthroplasty and joint resurfacing arthroplasty implant with non-stemmed fixation, method of implantation, and method of using same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248618 A1
- Interosseous coupler16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198976 A1New York Society for Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surge
- Joint replacement arthroplasty and joint resurfacing arthroplasty implant, method of implantation, and method of using same20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352352 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Osteogenic implants derived from bone1,550US 6,863,694 B1Osteotech, Inc. · 2005
- Computer-assisted surgery planner and intra-operative guidance system1,223US 6,205,411 B1Carnegie Mellon University · 2001
- Surgical protocol for fixation of osteoporotic bone using inflatable device977US 4,969,888 A1990
- Implants for replacing cartilage, with negatively-charged hydrogel surfaces and flexible matrix reinforcement785US 9,314,339 B2Formae, Inc. · 2016
- Surgical protocol for fixation of bone using inflatable device739US 5,108,404 A1992